Muslim Extremists threaten to kill female American journalist

I'm surprised by this - giving in to terrorist demands...
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Iraq detainees to be freed early

Iraq's ministry of justice has told the BBC that six of the eight women being held by coalition forces in Iraq are to be released early.

The six will be freed because there is insufficient evidence to charge them, a justice ministry spokesman said.

The US forces have refused to confirm the releases, but say they would not be based on any operational activities.

The group holding US journalist Jill Carroll has said she will die unless all Iraqi women prisoners are freed.

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I'm surprised as well. I hope the young woman is released, although giving in to blackmail isn't a good idea. Perhaps the ones released didn't have strong evidence against them.

I hope she survives this.





Keep D&D Civil.

 

pretty sad. hope she gets out with no harm done.

but bigtexx, I have a question, does it make it that much worse that the hostage is a female?

 

The killing of any human being by another human being is truly sickening.

 

Isn't that part of the world famous for rapes, especially of those in captive?

 

hmm, remind me again what the rape rate in those countries is vs over here?

and where exactly did you get that the captive females (if any) in that area are ever raped?
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yes, any female getting kidnapped is horrible, but with what we preach equality all the time, in almost every aspect, would it not be unequal to feel worse for a woman captive than a male...

And just to make my position clear, i find it horrible and much worse anytime a woman is caught in any such tragedies, much worse than if it was a man, but then again, i would also be very much against letting women (soldiers and journalists or any other female) in an area of war...

 

I'm pretty sure that I heard the six who are being released were scheduled for release very, very shortly anyway, so this isn't really "negotiating with terrorists" and that's why there are still two female prisoners who are being held.

 

I suspect anywhere women are held captive, there's a decent chance rape will happen. Probably less of a chance here than most places though.

 

From the previous hostages that were caught and released, non of them ever accused their captors of rape. Not sure what you're basing that on.

Also, rape is much more of an issue in a warzone, you could clearly see that during the civil war in the former Yugoslavia, when countless Bosnian women were raped and intentionally impregnated by Serbian soldiers; it was a psychop campaign to demoralize the 'enemy'.

However, I am yet to hear of an Al-Qaida or insurgent group in Iraq that raped female captors; they don't strike me as people who would be interested in that, they probably just behead them and get it over with. You also can't discount the fact that many of these guys are probably religious extremists to begin with, which means they likely won't have extramarital or premarital sex.

 

I may not have worded it well and certainly didn't explain it to any degree, but I think we're in agreement. I do think it would be foolish to say she wouldn't be raped because it seems to me that rape depends so much on the individual personality of the guy or small group and we don't know much about the folks who are holding her. Again, though, I think the chances of rape are not as great in this situation as they would be in just about every other place on the globe.

 

I bet the constant thought of rape on top of eventual death is equally terrifying for most women captives.

Our soldiers broke some men in Abu Gharib with sexual humiliation as one of many techniques.

Sometimes it's not just the horrible action alone.

 

Loaded post -beware- bigtexxx desperate to start a bbs riot at the expense of a young woman.

Don't take the bait.

 

many muslims volunteered to go to iraq to negotiate the release of some Britishers that were kidnapped a few weeks ago. Its not a new thing. But im glad they are doing it...

Hopefully teach them kidnappers some islamic ettiquette.

 

What if a female Muslim journalist were detained by C.I.A.?

 

Haven't watched TV news for days, how is the media coverage on Jill Carroll's abduction in Iraq? Too bad she isn't a blonde or your typical girl-next-door type. Worse yet, she doesn't work for Wall Street Journal or MSM. Christian Sciece Monitor, huh?

 

How is that a loaded post? And how is he trying to start a BBS riot!? He simply said he hoped that Muslims over here are trying to convince the Muslims who are holding her hostage not to kill her. For the people who are ripping a poster for suggesting rape, you have to deal with the fact that rape is ALWAYS a possibility. If someone breaks into a woman's house and takes her hostage, don't you think that rape is an issue? What makes this situation any different?

 

If the C.I.A, were threatening to kill her if Muslims wouldn't give in to their demands then it would be an issue. But I don't see the C.I.A. detaining a female Muslim journalist and threatening to rape or kill her.